document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=240864>Question 240864</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> mieko, who is 1.75 m tall, wishes to find the height of a tree.  She walks 21.35 m from the base of the tree along the shadow of the tree until her head is in a position where the tip of her shadow exactly overlaps the end of the tree top's shadow.  she is now 8.50m from the end of the shadows. how tall is the tree? round to the nearest hundredth </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " She walks 21.35 m from the base of the tree along the shadow of the tree until her head is in a position where the tip of her shadow exactly overlaps the end of the tree top's shadow.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " she is now 8.50m from the end of the shadows. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "how tall is the tree? round to the nearest hundredth<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let h = height of the tree<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The triangles are similar<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.75%2F8.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.75%2F8.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=h%2F%2821.35%2B8.5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"h%2F%2821.35%2B8.5%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.75%2F8.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.75%2F8.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=h%2F%2829.85%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"h%2F%2829.85%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cross multiply<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8.5h = 1.75 * 29.85<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8.5h = 52.2375<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=52.2375%2F8.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"52.2375%2F8.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 6.1 meters </SPAN>\n" );
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